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The Complete Quintets - Johannes Brahms

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Disc 1:
1. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 - 1. Allegro non troppo
2. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 - 2. Andante, un poco adagio
3. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
4. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 - 4. Finale (Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo)
5. String Quintet No.1 in F, Op.88 - 1. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
6. String Quintet No.1 in F, Op.88 - 2. Grave ed appassionato - Allegretto vivace - Tempo I - Presto
7. String Quintet No.1 in F, Op.88 - 3. Allegro energico

Disc 2:
1. String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111 - 1. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
2. String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111 - 2. Adagio
3. String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111 - 3. Un poco allegretto
4. String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111 - 4. Vivace ma non troppo presto
5. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - 1. Allegro
6. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - 2. Adagio
7. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - 3. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
8. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - 4. Con moto

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Igor Stravinsky - Firebird, The Rite of Spring - Alexander Rahbari

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1. The Firebird Suite: Introduction
2. The Firebird Suite: L'oiseau de feu et sa danse
3. The Firebird Suite: Variation de l'oiseau de feu
4. The Firebird Suite: Ronde de Princesses
5. The Firebird Suite: Danse infernale du roi Kastchei
6. The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
7. The Firebird Suite: Finale
8. Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1943 version): Part 1: L'adoration de la terre
9. Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1943 version): Part 2: Le sacrifice

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E.J. Moeran - String Quartet in A minor, Sonata for Vionin and Piano

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1. String Quartet In A Minor: Allegro

2. String Quartet In A Minor: Andante con moto

3. String Quartet In A Minor: Rondo: Allegro vivace

4. Violin Sonata In E Minor: Allegro non troppo

5. Violin Sonata In E Minor: Lento

6. Violin Sonata In E Minor: Vivace e molto ritmico FLAC Check Comments

Brian Ferneyhough - Music For Flute

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1. Miniatures for Flute & Piano: I.
2. Miniatures for Flute & Piano: II.
3. Miniatures for Flute & Piano: III.
4. Miniatures for Flute & Piano: IV.
5. Casandra's Dream Song
6. Unity Capsule: I
7. Unity Capsule: II
8. Unity Capsule: III
9. Superscriptio
10. Carceri d'Invenzione IIb
11. Mnemosyne
    

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Brian Ferneyhough - Chamber Music

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1. Flurries

2. Trittico per G.S.

3. Incipits

4. Coloratura

5. In Nomine a 3

6. Allgebrah

Ferneyhough is leading the way in England in contemporary classical music by charting such uncharted musical waters as the works represented here. Not trying to make this easy, he likes pushing the envelope, making you pay attention to the journeys he takes everyone on --MidWest Record

Award winning, highly respected and totally uncompromising - Brian Ferneyhough is fearless in his quest for new musical structures and boundaries. The works on this CD, all recorded here for the first time, are masterpieces of the modern age. In 'Allgebrah', especially, Ferneyhough demonstrates the inspiration he received from the work of troubled genius artist, Adolf Wölfli, one of whose works we have chosen for the cover art, Courtesy of the Arts Museum, Berne.

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Brian Ferneyhough - Terrain, No Time (at all)

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1. Terrain

2. No Time At All

3. La Chute d'Icare

4. Incipits

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Brian Ferneyhough - Choral Music

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1. Missa Brevis: Kyrie

2. Missa Brevis: Gloria

3. Missa Brevis: Sanctus

4. Missa Brevis: Benedictus

5. Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei

6. The Doctrine of Similarity: Amphibolies I

7. The Doctrine of Similarity: Dust to Dusk

8. The Doctrine of Similarity: Cannot Cross

9. The Doctrine of Similarity: Moteltus absconditus

10. The Doctrine of Similarity: Amphibolies II

11. The Doctrine of Similarity: But Even Fire is Light

12. The Doctrine of Similarity: Sometimes

13. The Doctrine of Similarity: Anagrammatica

14. The Doctrine of Similarity: Dew and Die

15. The Doctrine of Similarity: Schein

16. The Doctrine of Similarity: Dusts to Dusks

17. The Doctrine of Similarity: Amphibolies III

18. The Doctrine of Similarity: Salute

19. Two Marian Motets: Ave mater gloriosa salvatoris

20. Two Marian Motets: Alma redemptoris Mater

21. Stelae for Failed Time: Parts 1-5

All authentic pieces for choir, though they all need a hugely proficient one like the BBC Singers. The mass is particularly welcome, for it's one of the most important of Ferneyhough's early works Powerfully wrought and fiercely concentrated, it shows how far stylistically Ferneyhough had developed and set the agenda for the extraordinary series of pieces that followed in the next decade --The Guardian

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Louis Vierne - Carillon de Westminster, Charles-Mariei Widor - Organ Symphony No. 5

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1. Carillion De Westminster

2. Symphonie For Organ No. 5 In F Minor - Allegro Vivace

3. Symphonie For Organ No. 5 In F Minor - Allegro Cantabile

4. Symphonie For Organ No. 5 In F Minor - Andantino Quasi Allegretto

5. Symphonie For Organ No. 5 In F Minor - Adagio

6. Symphonie For Organ No. 5 In F Minor - Toccatta- Allegro

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Ludwig Van Beethoven - 9 Symphonies - Karajan (1963)

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CD 1:

1. Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 - 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 - 2. Andante cantabile con moto

3. Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 - 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)

4. Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 - 4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace)

5. Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 1. Allegro con brio

6. Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)

7. Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

8. Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 4. Finale (Allegro molto)

CD 2:

1. Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 - 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 - 2. Larghetto

3. Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro)

4. Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 - 4. Allegro molto

5. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace

6. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 2. Adagio

7. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 3. Allegro vivace

8. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 4. Allegro ma non troppo

CD 3:

1. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 - 1. Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 - 2. Andante con moto

3. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 - 3. Allegro

4. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 - 4. Allegro

5. Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo

6. Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)

7. Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)

8. Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 4. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)

9. Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto CD 4:   1. Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 - 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace   2. Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 - 2. Allegretto   3. Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 - 3. Presto - Assai meno presto   4. Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 - 4. Allegro con brio   5. Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93 - 1. Allegro vivace e con brio   6. Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93 - 2. Allegretto scherzando   7. Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93 - 3. Tempo di menuetto   8. Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93 - 4. Allegro vivace CD 5:   1. Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso   2. Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - 2. Molto vivace   3. Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - 3. Adagio molto e cantabile   4. Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4. - Presto -   5. Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4. - Presto- "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!"  By general consensus, Herbert von Karajan's first (1963) Beethoven cycle for Deutsche Grammophon is the best of the four (!) that he recorded. The Berlin Philharmonic was in top form, and they had not yet made an artistic fetish out of the bland smoothness that typified the conductor's later recordings of this music (and just about everything else). Karajan's squeaky clean, emotionally cool Beethoven will always be something of an acquired taste, but this set makes the best possible case for it. --David Hurwitz FLAC Check Comments

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, Sergei Prokofiev - Scythian Suite

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1. The Rite of Spring Part One - Adoration of the Earth: Introduction. Lento

2. The Rite of Spring The Augurs of Spring

3. The Rite of Spring Mock Abduction

4. The Rite of Spring Spring Round Dances

5. The Rite of Spring Games of the Rival Tribes

6. The Rite of Spring Procession of the Wise Elders

7. The Rite of Spring Dance of the Earth

8. The Rite of Spring Part Two - The Sacrifice: Introduction. Largo

9. The Rite of Spring Mystical Circles of the Young Girls

10. The Rite of Spring Glorification of the Chosen Victim

11. The Rite of Spring Summoning of the Ancestors

12. The Rite of Spring Ritual of the Ancestors

13. The Rite of Spring Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)

14. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/Introduction

15. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/The Firebird and its Dance

16. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/Variation of the Firebird

17. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/The Princesses' Round

18. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/Infernal Dance of King Kashchei

19. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/Lullaby

20. Suite from "The Firebird" (1919 version)/Finale

21. Scythian Suite, I. The Adoration of Veles and Ala: Allegro feroce. Poco meno mosso

22. Scythian Suite, II. The Enemy God and the Dance of the Black Spirits. Allegro sostenuto

23. Scythian Suite, III. Night. Andantino - Poco piu mosso

24. Scythian Suite, IV. The Glorious Departure of Lolli and the Procession of the Sun. Tempestoso - Allegro (Quasi doppio movimento) - Andante sostenuto Considering that Stravinsky's Rite of Spring has been around for nearly a century, it's surprising that even today, conductors literally get lost while attempting to beat through it--and that goes for some of the biggest names. Difficult as the piece is, conductors have no excuse for major lapses, now that this recording is available for study. Bernstein not only keeps complete control of the complex rhythms and constantly-switching meters throughout the work but he also interprets it with fire and sweep and emotional versatility. The Firebird is equally breathtaking. It's priceless, too, for the fabulous horn solo played by the New York Philharmonic's legendary James Chambers. --Gwendolyn Freed FLAC Check Comments

Richard Strauss - Don Quixote, Robert Schumann - Cello Concerto

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1. Don Quixote -  Introduction : Mäßiges Zeitmaß

2. Don Quixote -  Thema: Mäßig - Don Quixote. The Knight of the Mournful Countenance

3. Don Quixote - Variation I: Gemächlich - Departure. The adventure of the windmills

4. Don Quixote -Variation II: Kriegerisch - The battle with the sheep

5. Don Quixote - Variation III: Mäßiges Zeitmaß - Sancho's wishes, peculiarities of speech and maxims

6. Don Quixote - Variation IV: Etwas breiter - The adventure with the procession of penitents

7. Don Quixote - Variation V: Sehr langsam - Don Quixote's vigil during the summer night

8. Don Quixote - Variation VI: Schnell - Dulcinea

9. Don Quixote - Variation VII: Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher - Don Quixote's ride through the air

10. Don Quixote - Variation VIII: Gamächlich - The Trip On The Enchanted Boat

11. Don Quixote - Variation IX: Schnell und stürmisch - The attack on the medicant friars

12. Don Quixote -  Variation X: Viel breiter - The duel and return home

13. Don Quixote -  Epilogue: Sehr ruhig - Don Quixote's mind clears. Death of Don Quixote

14. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129 : I. Nicht zu schnell -

15. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129 : II. Langsam - Etwas lebhafter - Schneller -

16. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft - (Cadenza) - Im Tempo - Schneller

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